Number: 301
Title: Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross
Composer: William H. Doane, 1869
Author: Fanny J. Crosby, 1869
Theme: Christ's Gracious Life: Passion and Death;Christian Experience;Christian Year: Easter;Christian Year: Holy Week;Christian Year: Lent;Jesus Christ;Jesus Christ: Cross;Sanctifiying and Perfecting Grace: Prayer, Trust, Hope
1. Jesus, keep me near the cross; there a precious fountain, free to all, a healing stream, flows from Calvary's mountain. Refrain: In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever, till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the river. 2. Near the cross, a trembling soul, love and mercy found me; there the bright and morning star sheds its beams around me. (Refrain) 3. Near the cross! O Lamb of God, bring its scenes before me; help me walk from day to day with its shadow o'er me. (Refrain) 4. Near the cross I'll watch and wait, hoping, trusting ever, till I reach the golden strand just beyond the river. (Refrain)